A peace officer may order the participants in a riot or unlawful assembly or persons in the immediate vicinity of a riot or unlawful assembly to disperse. Any person within hearing distance of such command, who refuses to obey, commits a simple misdemeanor.
Iowa Code § 723.3
Failure to disperse
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Mark Nieters v. Brandon Holtan (2023)
Most recently applied in Mark Nieters v. Brandon Holtan (October 2023)
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